Project Description

The last few years have witnessed a significant increase in the use of portable devices, especially smartphones and tablets thanks to their functionality, user-friendly interface, and affordable price. Most of these devices use Wi-Fi Access Points (AP) where possible, in addition to 3G/4G, to connect to the Internet due to its speed, maturity and efficiency.

In this context, the Wi-5 Project (What to do With the Wi-Fi Wild West) proposes an architecture based on an integrated and coordinated set of smart solutions able to efficiently reduce interference between neighbouring APs and provide optimised connectivity for new and emerging services.

Cooperating mechanisms will be integrated into Wi-Fi equipment at different layers of the protocol stack to support seamless hand-over to improve user experience, develop new business models to optimise available Wi-Fi spectrum, and Integrate novel smart functionalities into APs to address radio spectrum congestion and current usage inefficiency